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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Folk art and an artist

A Tulip in Winter: A Story about Folk Artist Maud Lewis by Kathy Stinson

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

 cbr15bingo North America: Canada is in North America  Who is Maud Lewis? I had no idea until I found A Tulip in Winter: A Story about Folk Artist Maud Lewis. Kathy Stinson’s picture book (currently available) is a love story to a woman who overcame times of prejudices, and a debilitating  case of rheumatoid arthritis. As a young woman, her parents death and brother selling their home meant she had to move in with an aunt. But she was being treated as a child. Through a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Romance Tagged With: art, cbr15bingo, Diseases & Illnesses & Injuries, folk art, Kathy Stinson, Lauren Soloy, Maud Lewis, Nova Scotia, painting, women artists

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:443 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: art, cbr15bingo, Diseases & Illnesses & Injuries, folk art, Kathy Stinson, Lauren Soloy, Maud Lewis, Nova Scotia, painting, women artists ·
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Jarrett and the Power Ranger

Sunshine: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

April 24, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Sunshine: A Graphic Novel (with the subtitle of How one camp taught me about life, death, and hope) is not only the follow up to Jarrett J. Krosoczka’s Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel, it is a must read! But have tissues ready for the laughs and especially the tears. This time we follow young JJK (Jarrett J. Krosoczka) as he volunteers with five other classmates and two adult chaperones at a camp for children with terminal illness and their family. The main theme of what […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Camp counselors, Death, Diseases & Illnesses & Injuries, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Mental Health Nonfiction, Social Topics

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:264 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Camp counselors, Death, Diseases & Illnesses & Injuries, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Mental Health Nonfiction, Social Topics ·
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Diseases shape the course of history

Plague-Busters!: Medicine's Battles with History's Deadliest Diseases by  Lindsey Fitzharris

April 24, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Plague-Busters!: Medicine’s Battles with History’s Deadliest Diseases by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal is probably my new favorite nonfiction read of 2023 (I know it is still only late April, but something tells me I won’t be reading too many more nonfictions and if I do, nothing will match up to this).  Due in October 2023, I give this book a 4.5 as I need to see the final artwork. What I had in my reader copy, was mostly black and white, but there were a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Teal, Death, Diseases & Illnesses & Injuries, epidemics, history of science, lindsey fitzharris, Social Topics

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:261 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Adrian Teal, Death, Diseases & Illnesses & Injuries, epidemics, history of science, lindsey fitzharris, Social Topics ·
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